A Systematic Review of the Psychosocial Mechanism Underlying the Pathway from Intra-Familial Victimization in Childhood to Intimate Relationship Violence in Adolescence and Adulthood.

Intra-familial childhood victimization (IF-CV) has been associated with increased involvement in relationship violence in adolescence and adulthood. Drawing from developmental theories by Bowlby on attachment styles, Young on Early Maladaptive Schema (EMS), and Erikson on psychosocial development (i.e.